Brandon Scott WHITAKER

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Ernest married Cynthia Leanora MCCLEESE [Group Sheet]

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CENSUS RECORDS

1920 United States Federal Census
Name: Earnest Whitaker
Age: 9 months
Birth Year: abt 1920 [abt 1919]
Birthplace: West Virginia
Home in 1920: Big Creek, McDowell, West Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: Cornelius Whitaker
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Name: Fannie Whitaker
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia

1930 United States Federal Census
Name: Ernest Whitaker
Gender: Male
Age: 11
Birth Year: abt 1919
Birthplace: West Virginia
Race: White
Home in 1930: Big Creek, McDowell, West Virginia
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Son
Father's Name: Mike C Whitaker
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Name: Fannie Whitaker
Mother's Birthplace: West Virginia

1940 United States Federal Census
Name: Earnest Whitaker
Age: 21
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1919
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: West Virginia
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1940: Big Creek, McDowell, West Virginia
House Number: 91
Farm: No
Inferred Residence in 1935: Big Creek, McDowell, West Virginia
Residence in 1935: Same Place
Occupation: Coal Loader
Industry: Coal Mining
House Owned or Rented: Rented
Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented: $9
Highest Grade Completed: Elementary school, 7th grade
Hours Worked Week Prior to Census: 21
Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker in private work
Weeks Worked in 1939: 40
Income: $1000
Income Other Sources: No
Household Members:
Earnest Whitaker 21
Fanny Whitaker 37
Helen Whitaker 16
Omer Whitaker 13
Tressie Whitaker 5
Hevere Whitaker 12
Corbet Whitaker 19 [cousin]

OBITUARY

Bluefield Daily Telegraph; 1 Aug 2010

NEWHALL Ernest (Ernie) Whitaker, age 91, of Newhall, W.Va., died Thursday, July 29, 2010 at Carilion Tazewell Community Hospital in Tazewell, Va. Born April 27, 1919 at Big Creek, W.Va., he was a son of the late Mike Whitaker and Fannie Dillion Whitaker.

He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II and was awarded the Silver Star in August of 1945. He served in Luzon, Northern Solomons and also received the Asiatic-Pacific Theater Ribbon with two Bronze Stars; the Philippine Liberation Ribbon with one Bronze Star and the Good Conduct Ribbon.

He was a retired coal miner from Consolidation Coal Company with over forty years of service at Berwind, Newhall #6, and Jenkinjones mines where he retired in 1981. Mr. Whitaker was a member of the UMWA, District 29, Local #7173 for sixty-five years.

After retirement, he was active in his community, local and state government affairs. In February 2008, he was awarded co-citizen of the year and being one of the oldest voters in West Virginia, was inducted into West Virginia Hall of Fame by the McDowell County Commission.

He was a very loving person who touched many lives. He especially loved sitting on the benches at Wal-Mart and the Claypool Hill Mall. Mr. Whitaker was a lifetime member of the NRA and a member of the Neighborhood Watch. He will be sadly missed. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife of 39 years, Annie Dalyai Whitaker; one sister, Callie Patterson; and one brother, Odell Whitaker.

Survivors include one son, Ernest Mike Whitaker and wife, Cynthia of Troutman, N.C.; one daughter, Mary Elizabeth Whitaker Lee and husband, Cecil of Tazewell, Va.; five grandchildren, Michael Eric Whitaker and wife, Beth of Conover, N.C., Brian Keith Whitaker and wife, Emily of Lincolnton, N.C., Brandon Scott Whitaker of Troutman, N.C., Myranda Dawn Edmonds of Hillsville, Va., and Chelsey Danielle Edmonds of Tazewell, Va.; four great-grandchildren, William Michael Whitaker, Mason Eugene Whitaker, Samantha Renee' Whitaker, and Natalie Elizabeth Burress; two brothers, Herbert Whitaker and wife, Marie of Columbus, Ga. and Aldmer Whitaker of New Jersey; two sisters, Theresa Bush of Ohio and Helen Brush of Vermont; a host of nieces and nephews; special friends, Linzie and Iris Beavers and family, Geneva and the late Mike Harman and family, Joe Davis and family and to all the Newhall family.

Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, August 4, 2010 at the Newhall Bible Church in Newhall, W.Va. with the Reverend Kenny Fields officiating. Burial will follow at Grandview Memory Gardens in Bluefield, Va., where military graveside rites will be conducted by members of the Barns Beavers VFW Post # 7136 of Tazewell, Va. Pallbearers will be Cecil M. Lee, Kevin Burress, Randy Brewster, Jason Brewster, Linzie Beavers, and Kenny Mitchell. Honorary pallbearers are Lee Graham, Earl Muncy, Dr. Doo-Yung Kwun, and Dr. Eduardo T. Tolosa. The family will receive friends at the church after 6:00 p.m., Tuesday, August 3, 2010.

Peery & St. Clair Funeral Home of Tazewell, Va. is serving the Whitaker family. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.peerystclairfuneralhome.com

Birth:
West Virginia, Births Index, 1853-1969
Name: Ernest Whitaker
Birth Date: 1919
Birth Place: McDowell, West Virginia, United States
Birth County: McDowell
Gender: Male
FHL Film Number: 800217

Public Records Index, Volume 2
Name: Ernest Whittaker
Birth Date: 27 Apr 1919
Address: General Delivery, Newhall, WV, 24866-9999

Buried:
Grave location:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Whitaker&GSiman=1&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=48&GScnty=2891&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=55704767&df=all&

Died:
Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current
Name: Ernest Whitaker
Last Residence: 24651 Tazewell, Tazewell, Virginia
Born: 27 Apr 1919
Died: 29 Jul 2010
State (Year) SSN issued: West Virginia (Before 1951)

Ernest married Annie DALYAI. Annie was born 16 Feb 1926; died 25 Jun 1993, Bluefield, Mercer Co. WV. [Group Sheet]

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According to his obituary in the Bluefield Daily Telegraph 20 Jan 1938, he was injured in the Bishop mines by a slate fall 8 Sep 1937 severely injuring his leg with multiple fractures. A month later infection developed in the bone caused a septic situation which persisted until his death.

CENSUS RECORDS

1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Cornelious Whitaker
Age in 1910: 9
Birth Year: abt 1901
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1910: Big Creek, McDowell, West Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: H Whitaker
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Name: Fanny Whitaker
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Household Members:
H Whitaker 31
Fanny Whitaker 35
Kelly (son) Whitaker 10
Cornelious Whitaker 9
Topsey D Whitaker 8
James Whitaker 7
Alta Whitaker 6
Oakley Whitaker 5
John Whitaker 2

1920 United States Federal Census
Name: Cornelius Whitaker
Age: 19
Birth Year: abt 1901
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1920: Big Creek, McDowell, West Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Fannie Whitaker
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Household Members:
Cornelius Whitaker 19
Fannie Whitaker 17
Earnest Whitaker 9 months

1930 United States Federal Census
Name: Mike C Whitaker
Gender: Male
Age: 29
Birth Year: abt 1901
Birthplace: Virginia
Race: White
Home in 1930: Big Creek, McDowell, West Virginia
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's Name: Fannie Whitaker
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Household Members:
Mike C Whitaker 29
Fannie Whitaker 28
Ernest Whitaker 11
Callie Whitaker 9
Ersel Whitaker 8
Helen Whitaker 6
Almer Whitaker 4 years 1 months
Herbert Whitaker 1 year 4 months

Birth:
Death certificate has his DOB as 20 Dec 1899. I think the informant was incorrect about the birth year as his older brother Marvion Kelly Whitaker was born in July, 1899.

Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=whit*&GSiman=1&GScid=2200716&GRid=22903357&

Died:
West Virginia Vital Records
Death Certificate
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1984483&Type=Death

Basil married Fannie DILLON 19 Jul 1918, Horsepen, McDowell Co. WV. Fannie was born 6 May 1903, Brewster, McDowell Co. WV; died Abt 1 Jul 1991, Columbus, GA. [Group Sheet]

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CENSUS RECORDS

1920 United States Federal Census
Name: Fannie Whitaker
Age: 17
Birth Year: abt 1903
Birthplace: West Virginia
Home in 1920: Big Creek, McDowell, West Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Cornelius Whitaker
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Household Members:
Cornelius Whitaker 19
Fannie Whitaker 17
Earnest Whitaker 9 months

1930 United States Federal Census
Name: Fannie Whitaker
Gender: Female
Age: 28
Birth Year: abt 1902
Birthplace: West Virginia
Race: White
Home in 1930: Big Creek, McDowell, West Virginia
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Spouse's Name: Mike C Whitaker
Father's Birthplace: West Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: West Virginia
Household Members:
Mike C Whitaker 29
Fannie Whitaker 28
Ernest Whitaker 11
Callie Whitaker 9
Ersel Whitaker 8
Helen Whitaker 6
Almer Whitaker 4 years 1 month
Herbert Whitaker 1 year 4 months

1940 United States Federal Census
Name: Fanny Whitaker
Age: 37
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1903
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: West Virginia
Marital Status: Widowed
Relation to Head of House: Mother
Home in 1940: Big Creek, McDowell, West Virginia
House Number: 91
Inferred Residence in 1935: Big Creek, McDowell, West Virginia
Residence in 1935: Same Place
Highest Grade Completed: Elementary school, 8th grade
Weeks Worked in 1939: 0
Income: 0
Income Other Sources: Yes
Household Members:
Earnest Whitaker 21
Fanny Whitaker 37
Helen Whitaker 16
Omer Whitaker 13
Tressie Whitaker 5
Hevere Whitaker 12
Corbet Whitaker 19

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Married:
West Virginia Vital Records
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11403500&Type=Marriage